Vehicle number 1807-2012 , this exceedingly rare Packard Custom Super Eight One-Eighty Convertible Sedan by Darrin was originally delivered by the Earle C.

Anthony showroom in San Francisco on 19 July 1940.

Darrin historian Don Figone recounted to the current owner that he first saw the car in San Francisco in 1953, wearing Florida license plates and owned by an Army officer.

It was acquired around that time by Robert D.

Ford, an early enthusiast in Northern California, who retained ownership until 1965 and then sold the car to Lorin Tryon, longtime co-chair of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Mr.

Tryon sold the Packard in 1969 to J.B.

Nethercutt; during its time in the renowned Nethercutt Collection, the car was among those featured in the book, San Sylmar .

In 1978, the car was among those traded to Tom Barrett on the Duesenberg Model SJ “Twenty Grand,” today one of the Nethercutt Collection’s greatest and most important treasures.

While being carried away on a flatbed ...